| strum |
to play (a stringed instrument) by running the fingers lightly across the strings. [4 definitions] |
| strumpet |
formerly, a harlot; whore. |
| strung |
past tense and past participle of string. |
| strung-out |
(slang) suffering from the effects of taking drugs or alcohol. [2 definitions] |
| strut1 |
to walk in a proud, vain, or cocky manner. [3 definitions] |
| strut2 |
a brace used to support a structure against pressures from the side. |
| struthious |
of or relating to an ostrich or similar bird. |
| strychnine |
a strongly poisonous white crystalline compound used to kill rodents and, in small doses, as a stimulant to the central nervous system. |
| Stuart |
a member of a Scottish and English royal family of the fourteenth through eighteenth centuries, or the name of the family itself. |
| stub |
a short projection or projecting part; stump. [6 definitions] |
| stubble |
the stubs of crop stalks, as of corn, that remain in the ground after the crop has been cut. [2 definitions] |
| stubborn |
unreasonably resistant to change, influence, guidance, control, or the like; obstinate; willful. [3 definitions] |
| stubby |
short and thick; stocky. [2 definitions] |
| stucco |
a durable, rough plaster usu. made of cement, sand, and lime, applied while wet and used on exterior walls. [3 definitions] |
| stuck |
unable to move or be moved from a particular spot or position. [5 definitions] |
| stuck-up |
snobbish or vain; conceited. |
| stud1 |
a nail or rivet with a protruding and often rounded knob or head, fixed in a surface as a protective or ornamental device. [6 definitions] |
| stud2 |
a domesticated male animal, such as a racehorse, that is kept for breeding. [5 definitions] |
| studbook |
a register of the pedigrees of thoroughbred animals, esp. horses. |
| studding |
the supporting framework of a wall or partition, or the posts used for this purpose; studs collectively. [2 definitions] |
| studdingsail |
a light auxiliary sail that is set outside a working sail on an extensible boom, usu. in fair weather. |